Dive Coaster (Chimelong Paradise)
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Chimelong Paradise | |
Location | Chimelong Paradise |
Coordinates | 22°59′59″N 113°19′24″E / 22.999647°N 113.323256°ECoordinates: 22°59′59″N 113°19′24″E / 22.999647°N 113.323256°E |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | February 7, 2008 |
General statistics | |
Type | Steel – Dive Coaster |
Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
Model | Floorless Dive Coaster |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
Height | 197 ft (60 m) |
Speed | 68.4 mph (110.1 km/h) |
Inversions | 1 |
Max vertical angle | 90° |
G-force | 4.4 |
Height restriction | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
Dive Coaster at RCDB Pictures of Dive Coaster at RCDB |
Dive Coaster is a Floorless Dive roller coaster[1] operating at Chimelong Paradise in China. It is built by Swiss coaster manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. A photo update on the parks website shows the coaster's first and second drop along with the water splash, the coaster's final brake run and a row of a train in the station with 10 seats in the row, as well as two pictures of SheiKra.[2]
Ride Elements[]
Dive Coaster features a 90°, 197 foot vertical drop that exits into an Immelmann loop. After the Immelmann, riders will swoop down to the ground then climb a curve up to the block brake, then go over a second near vertical dive dropping into a tunnel. Upon exiting the tunnel, riders make an overbanked turn into a water splash feature which exits into a bunny hill then into a helix before entering the final brake run. This ride is very similar to Griffon and SheiKra (the first half being part of Griffon and the other part being SheiKra).
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References[]
- ^ (in Chinese) World's longest inverted roller coaster to run in Guangzhou_English_Xinhua
- ^ (in Chinese) 全球最顶尖过山车之王垂直过山车 Archived January 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
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- Dive Coaster (Chimelong Paradise) at the Roller Coaster DataBase
- Dive Coaster photo update on the parks website (Site is in Chinese)
- Video of the press conference for Dive Coaster at the park (Site is in Chinese)
- Operating roller coasters
- Roller coasters introduced in 2008
- Steel roller coasters
- Dive Coaster roller coasters
- Roller coasters manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard
- Roller coasters in China
- Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort
- Dive Coasters manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard
- China stubs
- Amusement ride stubs